Cannot

Author: Eleanor Roosevelt

“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”

          Believe in yourself even when you feel like you can’t do something, it’s amazing how much self-determination can help you do anything you put your mind.

Never Too Old

Author: C.S. Lewis

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream”

          Rather you are consider young or old dreaming and creating goal doesn’t have an age limit. So regardless of what age you are never give up on your dreams and always remember you can work hard toward achieving your goals to make your dreams come true J.

Courage

Author: Ernest Hemingway

“Courage is grace under pressure”

          I believe teachers doing sick-outs is a great example of “Courage is grace under pressure” because even though not everyone agree/supports teacher when it comes to sick-outs they still have the courage to stand for what they believe in despite being under pressure by the public’s eyes.

Education

  Author: Herbert Spencer

“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.”

          As a student in the Detroit public school district I do believe that education is not only about knowledge but in some cases action has to play a role when it comes to education. On behave of my mother, Grammy and Auntie who are teachers their finical status, well-being and right to teach in fair teaching conditions are important as well. This is why I understand how important the teacher sickout was today. 

Create an Inspirational You

Author: Donnie Yen

“Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.”

          Being known as an inspirational person is more than just a title.  It means that people look up to you and admire you and you can even change and impact people lives. So work on being an inspirational you because I believe that it’s more of an honor to be called something positive then being remembered as something negative.

Don’t end your journey on a bad note

Author: Unknown * If anyone knows the creator of this quote please comment below *

“Never Let A stumble in the road be the end of the journey.”

          Before you end a journey because of adversities along the way think about the good that can come out of the journey and the experience you can gain from dealing with your hardships.  You should never give up just because you stumble throughout life in most cases you have to stumble to reach success and become successful.

Be Kind

Author: Aesop

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

          Be kind, no matter how much kindness you get back in return. kindness is never wasted remember it’s worth it because kindness can go a long way in society and in your personal life.

Change

Author: Norman Vincent Peale

“Change your thoughts and change your world”

          You have the power of your world in your thoughts so what you think and believe can change your world. Therefore, if you want to be successful or accomplish goals think positive and never doubt yourself especially when you know you really want to accomplish something in life. Anything is possible with a correct mindset and never forget that.

Embrace who you are

Author: Oscar Wilde

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

          Everyone has their own unique personality and should embrace it in their own way. No need to try and be anyone who’s already taken and being their unique self when you can be you. Being yourself and allowing yourself to be different in your own way shows your individuality even though your still apart of society that doesn’t mean you have to let society define you or change to how everyone else in the society is, learn to stand out, be bold and express yourself.

“Sleepless and dream More.”

Author: Unknown * If anyone knows the creator of this quote please comment below *

        This quote to me explains that of course it’s important to sleep but even more important to dream in the process. Dreaming is what can help you decide what you would like to accomplish in your life and help you stay self-motivated along the way.

Goodnight and try to dream more tonight J

Support your beliefs

Author: Henry David Thoreau

“Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.” 

   

       Stand by your beliefs and you can change society morals in a positive way.

Smile

Author: William Arthur Ward

“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.”

          Just a small message with a huge impact Smile more often and be kind to one another J

Recognize the Real

 Author: Tupac Shakur

“The realest people don’t have a lot of friends”

          Just something to think about. The real people in today’s society tend to get looked over because there are so many fake individuals and everyone hasn’t figured out that everything that appears to be real could still be fake.

         

Listen

Author: Russell Baker

“Listen once in a while. It’s amazing what you can hear.”

          Listen and you will discover something new or truly amazing. 

 Attitude

Author: Earl Nightingale

“Our attitude towards others determines their attitude toward us.”

          Just something to think about. Kill the negative attitude by being positive.

Desires

“The starting point off all achievement is desire.”

Author: Napoleon Hill

       It’s true that the starting point to achieving your goals is desiring things you want in life.

Only one You

Author: Dr. Seuss

“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

          This quote is truly true their no one else quite like you so embrace who you are and be proud to be you.  

Meet your Deadline

 Author: Napoleon Hill

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

 Just some encouragement to help those who need to meet some deadlines :) . 

Create your Opportunity

Author: Milton Berle

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

          Opportunities may not always come to you, sometimes you have to create your own opportunities in life.

         

Find your happiness

Author: Leo Tolstoy

“If you want to be happy, be.”

Enjoy life and do what makes you happy.

Strength

Author: Oprah Winfrey

“where there is no struggle, there is no strength.”

        If you never been though a type of struggle, then you haven’t discovered your strength and how strong you are as a person. 

Motivational 

Author: Walt Disney 

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”

          Motivation for all the dreamers in the world.

Necessary

Author: Francis of Assisi

 “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

          Took SAT today. I saw this quote and it expressed what I was feeling. 

Hope

Author: Desmond Tutu

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness”

          When you have hope through the good times you can get through the bad moments by using the same hope despite whatever darkness you may be going through.

Life’s Directions   

Author:  Jimmy Dean

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can always adjust my sail to always reach my destination.”

          You can’t always control situations in your life that happens, but you can always adjust where you want to go by accomplishing goals and reaching a destination that you always wanted to go.

Negative Doesn’t = Positive

Author: Joyce Meyer

“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.”

          If you want a positive life the first step is to think positive. If you don’t have a positive mindset, then you will be too focused on the negative to move forward to have a positive lifestyle. Although negative thoughts may occur from time to time the key is to think about something positive to get back on track with the good things in life.

Count your blessing 

Author: Zig Ziglar

“I have to many flaws to be perfect but I have too many blessing to be ungrateful.”

        When I first saw this quote I thought wow I’m blessed. It explains how even though your life may not be perfect you still have many blessing that you can be grateful for. 

Stay True to yourself

Author: Leonardo DiCaprio

“I’m not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I’m definitely an individual.”

          This quote describes the way I am as a person. I have never been the type of person to be a follower to be so called “cool” or be the new trendy topic. Within this quote is a unique message that explains not everyone in society is a follower. This quote shows that there are still some individual in society believe it or not that don’t want to be like everyone else to fit in they rather stay true to themselves.

Don’t let the rain ruin your dreams

Author: Marian Wright Edelman

“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.”

      This quote is very encouraging but also straightforward. This quote just reinforces that your dreams are yours and can be whatever your heart desires and no one has the right to doubt them.

Inspirational Quote

Author: Audrey Hepburn

“Nothing is Impossible, the word itself says I’m possible! ”

          This quote is truly amazing. The root word within impossible is possible which makes the word impossible itself possible. Now that I have seen this quote whenever I see or hear the word impossible projected towards me in a negative way by society saying I can’t do something I can mentally look passed it and believe that its possible.

Teenager Quotes

Author:  Marilyn Vos Savant

“Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn’t. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces”.

          When I first saw this quote I thought wow so true. I can remember countless times trying to do my homework while listening to music and getting off focus because I was too busy listening to the music to even concentrate on my homework. Even though teenagers like myself mean well when we try to listen to our favorite music while doing homework because we think it will help us get through it in a faster time frame it really doesn’t. If you actually think about it those extra few seconds or even minutes that we put into bobbing to the music or even singing along we could really have used to actually concentrate on the homework and maybe even get done quicker.

Succeeding Quote

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can”

Author: Nikos Kazantzakis

        

  This quote has an empowering message that explains that in order to become successful or succeed in life you must believe in yourself. So stay determined and you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, as long as you believe in yourself and focus you can succeed in life. 

Be You Quote

“Be your own kind of Beautiful”

Author: Unknown * If anyone knows the creator of this quote please comment below *

     This quote is truly one of my favorites that my mom introduced me to. Its straight forward but has a powerful message within it. The overall message of this quote is to encourage people to be themselves and in their own way. The way I see it is everyone was made differently for a reason and with a purpose, therefore it’s important to embrace who you truly are and not let anyone or anything change who you are unless you want to change to become your own beautiful you! 

Dream Quote

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat determination and hard work.”

Author: Colin Powell

         This quote explains that you can dream all you want, but just simply sitting around dreaming isn’t going to make any of your dreams magically come true, you have to work hard and be willing to make your dreams come true, and accomplish any goals you want to reach within life, because if you don’t who else will make your dreams come true?

Quote of the Day

Motivational Quote

“Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from the negative”.

Author: Unknown  *If anyone knows the creator of this quote please comment below*

                          

  This quote is simple with a strong meaning. In my opinion this quote can be related to many different situations dealing with negativity. The message this quote deliverer’s is to get people to get rid of or eliminate the negative people, thoughts, and situations or whatever the case may be in their life that’s not needed. The quote also implies that eliminating the negativity will bring "Beautiful" things to your life because the negative won’t be their anymore and will be replaced with positive things.